What is the Structured Elective about?
This Structured Elective allows you to pursue study of the interface of society and language. It provides you with the opportunity to take a number of modules focusing on the role of language in society. The material covered deals specifically with the study of language in society rather than the structure of language.
Why should I take this Structured Elective?
The Structured Elective provides you with an insight into how language is used in society to encode cultural beliefs, identities, values, and social patterns. It will develop your ability to apply the basic techniques for collecting/eliciting and transcribing data, including the use of language corpora, elicitation tasks, introspection, questionnaires, interviews and other types of linguistic fieldwork
How would this Structured Elective benefit me?
This Structured Elective would particularly benefit students taking degrees in Language, Social Science, Law, Philosophy, Information and Communication Studies, Politics and Education.
How do I take the modules in the Structured Elective?
- Structured Electives are available to undergraduate students only.
- In order to earn this Structured Elective you must take the specified modules in or after 2016/17.
- To be awarded this Structured Elective you must take 15 credits from the list of modules outlined below. You will not be awarded this Structured Elective if you are graduating with a major or minor listed in the Eligibility section below.
- You do not need to register for this Structured Elective in advance, it will be awarded when you complete 15 credits during your studies.
| Select | Module | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 from: | LING 10010 | Language Use and Communication | 5 |
| At least 1 from: | LING 20090 LING 20070 LING 20080 |
Sociolinguistics 2 Minority & Endangered Languages Meaning in Language |
5 5 5 |
| No more than 1 from: | LING 20060 LING 30110 |
World Englishes Sociolinguistics 3 |
5 5 |
Eligibility
You will not be awarded this Structured Elective if you are graduating with a major or minor listed below.
| Major/Minor | Programme |
|---|---|
| BA Humanities Languages, Linguistics & Cultures (AYS1) | BA Humanities (BHACS024) |
| Linguistics (LII2) | BSc Social Sciences (BHSOC010) |
| Linguistics Joint Major (LIJ1) | BA (BHACS001; BHACS023) Arts (P/T) (BHACS014 BA International (BHACS027) BA (PT) BHACS031 |
| Linguistics 30 Credit Major (LIW1) | BA (BHACS023) BA International (BHACS027) |
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